32 p. ; 18 x 12 cm.

By Hannah More; signed Z on p. 32

Approximate date from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c.1800-1870

At head of title: Cheap Repository

Continuously paged

Part 2 title: The history of Widow Brown's apple tree

Caption title: Black Giles, &c

Woodcut: title-page vignette

Variant title: History of Black Giles

Cf. Green, E. Bibliotheca Somersetensis. 1902, v. 3, p. 66

Cf. Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 343

Cf. Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 882.1

First sentence: "Poaching Giles lives on the borders of one of those great Moors in Somersetshire."

Includes 1 woodcut

Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: bound with: The two wealthy farmers, or, The history of Mr. Bragwell : in seven parts. London : Sold by Howard and Evans ..., [between 1801 and 1811]. Bound together subsequent to publication with 47 other chapbooks, with binder's title: Repository of Moral & Religious Tracts. Bound in brown sheep over boards

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